Best defensive midfielders in Super League 1

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Super League 1, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

C. Mouzakitis of Olympiakos Piraeus is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Super League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 41.9, and S. Meïté has been the form player this season, grading 44.7, and Ľ. Tupta leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Meïté has improved his Season rating most, up +40.8 on last season, while G. Apostolakis's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Athanasiou of OFI is the most valuable name in this group at 18.1.

G. Apostolakis+4.7RTG

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	C. Mouzakitis Defensive midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	19	1829.4%	421.2%
2	N. Athanasiou Defensive midfielder	OFI	25	3141%	418.2%
3	G. Apostolakis Defensive midfielder	OFI	21	22279.3%	4113.1%
4	S. Hezze Defensive midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	24	2467.4%	402%
5	D. Martínez Defensive midfielder	Volos NFC	22	249.4%	3930.1%
6	T. Tsingaras Defensive midfielder	Atromitos	25	2495.9%	394.8%
7	L. Scipioni Defensive midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	21	1122.1%	3821%
8	T. Karamanis Defensive midfielder	Atromitos	22	1312%	383.3%
9	E. Çokaj Defensive midfielder	Levadiakos	27	31102.6%	352.5%
10	Ľ. Tupta Defensive midfielder	Larisa	28	34295.4%	314.7%
11	T. Androutsos Defensive midfielder	OFI	29	37392.1%	297.8%
12	K. Aleksić Defensive midfielder	Panetolikos	28	255%	2735.4%
13	L. Shengelia Defensive midfielder	OFI	30	2719.1%	2414%
14	Z. Karachalios Defensive midfielder	OFI	30	2352.6%	2219.1%
15	M. Camara Defensive midfielder	PAOK	29	674.8%	2129.2%
16	Borja González Defensive midfielder	OFI	30	2257%	2130.8%
17	S. Meïté Defensive midfielder	PAOK	32	451046.2%	2021%
18	M. Comba Defensive midfielder	Volos NFC	32	35134.7%	1911.9%
19	J. Uronen Defensive midfielder	Atromitos	32	313.7%	1926%
20	M. Ozdoev Defensive midfielder	PAOK	33	45170.9%	175.7%
21	I. Sylla Defensive midfielder	Asteras Tripolis	32	18141.1%	1555.4%
22	A. Bouchalakis Defensive midfielder	Panetolikos	33	241095%	1524.7%
23	M. Siopis Defensive midfielder	Panathinaikos	32	1118.7%	1552.1%
24	P. Simelidis Defensive midfielder	Levadiakos	33	2039.7%	1135.3%
25	Dani García Defensive midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	36	19119.5%	1122.2%